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Person: Curly Hair Emoji

Person: Curly Hair is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining several emoji introduced in Emoji 12.1. It belongs to the People & Body group, Person subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
person: curly hair
CLDR short name
person: curly hair
Korean name (CLDR)
μ‚¬λžŒ: 곱슬머리
Code points
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1
Group
People & Body
Subgroup
Person
Added to Unicode
11.0
Added to Emoji
12.1
Sequence
Multi code point
Skin tones
Yes (5)

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji β€” these are what search matches against.

adultcurly hairperson

Skin tone variants

Each variant is this emoji followed by a skin tone modifier character.

Gender variants

Related sequences that Unicode defines for this entry.

Hair style variants

Sequences joining this emoji with a hair component.

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
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Unicode code points Β· Sequence of multiple code points
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1
JavaScript escape
\u{1f9d1}\u{200d}\u{1f9b1}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F9D1\200D\1F9B1
HTML hexadecimal entity
🧑‍🦱
HTML decimal entity
🧑‍🦱
JSON escaped string
"\uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83E\uDDB1"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F9B1
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83E\uDDB1
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A6%B1
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F A6 B1

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œperson: curly hair”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row β€” each repetition is read out in full.

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Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group β€” not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Person: Curly Hair?

Person: Curly Hair is a sequence of 3 code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1.

Does Person: Curly Hair support skin tones?

Yes. Unicode defines 5 skin tone variants for it, listed on this page. Each one is the base emoji followed by a modifier character.

Why does Person: Curly Hair sometimes appear as separate emoji?

It is joined with zero-width joiners. When a device has no single glyph for the combination, it falls back to drawing each part side by side. Both results are correct behaviour.

How do I use Person: Curly Hair in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🧑‍🦱 in HTML, \u{1f9d1}\u{200d}\u{1f9b1} in JavaScript.

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